Keyword: Refugees

Nigerian media pay “little attention to the real issues”
affecting the country’s Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), ignore
their voices and often rely on statements from government officials when
reporting about them, a WACC-supported media monitoring project has
concluded in its report.

Today, June 20, is World Refugee Day and WACC is calling on
communicators to “create greater awareness among the public” about the
plight of displaced people, migrants and refugees worldwide and how they
can help them.

Forced displacements and migration have become “inescapable” in today’s
world and media must not only find responsible ways of reporting about
these issues, but also help “guarantee future coexistence in a diverse
society,” said a recent academic study.

WACC’s vision of “Communication for all,” means that its purpose is “to
disturb the conscience of the world by being critical, opening up
dialogue and creating greater understanding,” says General Secretary
Philip Lee.

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